| Angle 90 |
A very popular punishment, frequently inflicted on junior students. |
| Bang |
To Fail an exam or test with flying colours. |
| Bangi |
Originates from the noun 'Bangladesh'. A non-derogatory term for our fellow students of Asian origin. |
| Blowing Cubes |
Engaging in romantic discussions with a member of the opposite sex, opposite the girls' dormitory. |
| Blowing Guy |
Showing off. |
| Blow Your Nose |
Zip up your trousers - Something to do when you're 'flying low'. |
| Book |
To study or revise. |
| Breading Joint |
The art of sharing the extra loaf on the table & making it disappear inside the bowels of YOUR legal loaf, without trace. |
| Breaking Bounds |
Sneaking out of the school premises without permission. Attending Northern Cinema in town on a Friday night was a very credible excuse to break bounds. Proper running gear was highly recommended. |
| Common Room Soccer |
3-a-side football played in the common rooms with a tennis ball. |
| Cubes |
Sugar. Yes, the stuff you put in your tea. |
| Dissolved Tables |
A temporary reduction in dining tables. |
| Dry Clean |
A quick morning wash (as opposed to a proper shower) involving only the hands and face and a cup of water. |
| Expo |
Illegal material for cheating in an exam. Very unpopular and heavily frowned upon, but having a few bad eggs in any school is inevitable. |
| Extension |
Extension classes organised for final year students during the second/ third term holiday break. |
| Fox |
A fox was the name given to a form one student who has just resumed. By the end of the third term of form 1 (on their way to form 2) they were expected to have cut their tails. As a matter of fact tails were cut naturally under the brutal treatment of "wicked seniors" for the whole peroid of form one. |
| Garium Sulphate |
The ever-present gari. A lifesaver to say the least. May Almightly God bless it. |
| Gas |
To break wind violently. (Just think about the movie "Twister") |
| Girls' Day |
A day (an afternoon) when boys have unlimited access (heavily supervised i.e. cctv, Dogo's peering eyes etc.) to the girls' dormitory. |
| Gongoro |
The most unattractive school vehicle on the premises. It was originally purchased to transport goods but later promoted to transporting students. |
| Jack |
A term used instead of the word 'have' or 'get'. E.g. "You jack gari?" or "You jack cubes?" or "You jack Nido?" Very popular with certain students. (see 'Scooby' below). |
| Kanbu (or Bunka) |
A meaningless exclamation applicable to any situation or discussion. A gap filler. Popular amongst the inarticulate. |
| Lights Out |
This means turn off your bedroom lights and hit the sheets. |
| Loaf |
Bread |
| Mount Scatter |
One of Sokoto's famous landmarks. Only the wise and the learned will understand. |
| Mumu |
A description of the easily fooled. Just like in the movie Dumb and Dumber? |
| Nak |
Boy and Girl... (We are sure you can figure out the rest.) |
| N.F.A |
An acronym for 'no future ambition', the term describes those with total amnesia about why they are in school. |
| One Boyyyyyy!!!! |
A chant exculsive to senior boys who require a boy in Form One to run errands. |
| Pako |
Cabin biscuits. Origin is from the Yoruba word for 'wood'. |
| Pick Race |
To run (especially from mischief). |
| Piece |
Piece of meat. |
| Prep |
A compulsory two-hour intensive preparation for the next day's lectures. Usually held in the classroom between 7pm and 9pm. |
| Provi |
Provisions. i.e. Milk, Biscuits, Sugar, Tinned food (geisha, sardines) etc. |
| Rack |
To fight with a fellow student (or anyone for that matter) |
| Release |
To unleash a fatal grammatical error on fellow students without due consideration for the English Language. |
| Remi |
Leftover food. Originates from the word "remnant". |
| Rough Packing |
Untidily packed. Referring specifically to a man's... you figure it out. |
| Scatter |
To respond to a major call of nature (also known as a number 2) |
| Scooby |
Originates from the term "school beggar". Perpetual light-hearted beggars. Students who turn begging into an art form. i.e. "Ah beg, you get toothpaste?"; "Ah beg, you get bucket?"; "Ah beg, you get Nido?"; "Ah beg, you get Sunlight?" |
| School Daughter |
A junior girl who becomes a 'surrogate' daughter to one of the senior boys/ girls. |
| School Father |
A senior boy who becomes a 'surrogate' father to one of the junior boys/ girls in order to provide such junior boy/ girl with guidance and favours. It has been known that some SFs have used their position to gain unlimited access to their school son/ daughter's provisions and as such, this has led to termination of their services. |
| School Mother |
A senior girl who becomes a 'surrogate' mother to one of the junior boys/ girls in order to provide such junior boy/ girl with guidance and favours. |
| School Son |
A junior boy who becomes a 'surrogate' son to one of the senior boys/ girls. |
| Shack/booze |
To drink (totally unrelated to alcohol) i.e milk, water, shai, mirinda, danta cola, Royal crown, caprisonne etc |
| Shatter |
To ace or pass an exam or test with flying colours. Opposite of 'Bang'. |
| Shy or Shai |
Tea. Actually a Hausa word, rather than a slang, but we thought we'd include it. |
| Soakies |
(See Garium Sulphate above.) |
| Strando |
Person who is stranded in school at end of term without money to travel back home. Such persons usually rough it by train. |
| Table Soccer |
Soccer Played on a board using Smarties (chocolate) covers as players, and a shirt button as ball. |
| Tap (or Fap) |
Taking something without the consent of the owner. i.e. pen, pencil, bucket, textbooks etc. Some call it stealing. |
| T.D.B. |
Till Day Break. This is the practice of revising for an exam until dawn. Usually done a day or two before an exam. |
| Titrate |
A method of cooling ones shai by repeatedly pouring it @ 'eye level' height into another mug/cup @ 'waist level' |
| Two Boyyyyy!!!! |
A chant exculsive to senior boys who require a boy in Form Two to run errands. |
| Unfortunate Bangi |
A non-derogatory term for our fellow students of mixed (African plus rest-of-the-world) race persuasion. |
| Wounding |
Taking more than your fair share of food in the dining hall. This activity was very popular amongst girls of a particular house (named after one of the main rivers in the country). Rumour has it that they even extended their wounding prowess to 'salt' and 'remi'. |
